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JAMES LALLY, OF KENDALL, NEW YORK.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part o f Letters Patent No. 234,991, datedNovember 30, 1880.

' I Application filed April23, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES LALLY, of Kendall,in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented anImproved Trace- Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in two-part buckles used to connectthe trace, haine-tug, saddle, and girth straps of a harness; and theobject ot' my improvement is to diminish the cost and labor of producinga two-part buckle that can be permanently connected by means of thehaine-tug when in practical use.

Heretofore two-part buckles have been formed and detachably connectedwhen fastened to a hame-tug, and the two parts have also beenpermanently connected by means of loops passed beneath the cross ot oneot' the parts, and their free ends passed through perforations in thesliding1 part and then riveted.

My improvement consists in forming a twopart buckle in such a mannerthat the end of one part can be passed through a loop on the slidingpart and fastened to a haine-tug in such a manner that the two separateparts of the buckle will be adj ustably and permanently conuected bymeans of the haine-tug, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of my drawings is a side view of my buckle. Fig. 2 is aperspective view, showing my,buckle applied. Together they illustratethe construction and operation of my complete invention.

a represents the base-frame of my buckle.

Its parallel side bars, b b, are bent at right angles at their rear endsand connected by a wide and slotted bar, c. The center and front ends ofthe bars are connected bycross-bars d d ot' smaller dimensions and on adifferent plane Afrom the bar c.

e represents the ,sliding frame. fis a loop formed integral therewith onits lower side. g g are loops formed integral with its ends, one toreceive the end of a girth and the other to receive a strap that extendsfrom a harness saddle.

h is a rigidly-lixed tongue projecting vertically from or near itscenter.

The two frames or parts of my buckle are connected by passing the frontend. of the frame a, through the loopfof the frame c, and then attachingthe hame-tug to the front end ot the said frame a., to prevent the twoparts from becoming separated when a trace is withdrawn, and to allowthe frame cfg h to slide longitudinally on the frame a, for the purposeot' freeing and adjusting the trace.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, thetwo-part trace-buckle composed of the frame a b c d and the detachableand sliding frame e, having a loop,f, on its under side, loops g at itsends, and a tongue, h, on its ltop side,

substantially as shown and described, for the purposes specified.

JAMES LALLY. Witnesses:

ALEX. CUMMINGS,

W. A. CHURCH.

